Observation by Alan Thomas: The Egg Nebula CRL 2688 Protoplanetary N...

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2025 Sep 29 - 23:33

Uploaded

2025 Sep 30 - 09:57

Objects

CRL 2688

Equipment

PlaneWave 61cm f/6.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph
FLI ProLine KAF-16803 CCD camera
10Micron GM4000 robotic German equatorial mount

Exposure

60 sec.

Location

Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Target name

The Egg Nebula CRL 2688 Protoplanetary Nebula in Cygnus

Title

The Egg Nebula CRL 2688 Protoplanetary Nebula in Cygnus

About this image

The Egg Nebula (resembling and egg-timer rather than an egg) is the Deep Sky Section's September 'Object of Interest'. The CRL designation refers to the USAF Cambridge Research Laboratories.

This PIRATE image shows the nebula as two asymmetric fuzzy lobes separated by a dark band which obscures the light from the central star.

Apparent mag. 14.0. Distance c.3,000ly.

Files associated with this observation

Egg Nebula PIRATE v3image-jpeg-i.jpeg (256.6 kB)

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